To the Honorable John Yarmuth,
This letter, initiated by Students for a National Health Program at the University of Louisville School of Medicine and Kentuckians for Single Payer Health Care, is in regards to HR 676, the Expanded & Improved Medicare for All Act. As health care professionals, students, and community members in Louisville we wanted to express our support for this bill. See our signatures below. There are countless barriers to accessing affordable and quality healthcare. These barriers leave people in dehumanizing and life-threatening situations. While the Affordable Care Act is a step in the right direction, bringing the number down to 21.3M uninsured, state governments (like Kentucky) work against the ACA’s health coverage mandate making it even difficult for people in the Commonwealth to be insured. Multiple studies from the Journal of Public Health and Institute of Medicine show how lack of insurance increases mortality risk.
We believe that health care is a human right. The only way to endow individuals with this right is through single payer health care. We need a centralized system that ensures everyone has coverage which would allow for improved access and ultimately better health outcomes. We would appreciate an open forum in Louisville or office visit with you or a staff person to discuss this issue further and identify barriers this bill faces.
Thank you for your consideration of our views on single payer health care and your support of HR 676. This issue needs to actively be pursued at a national level despite the political and financial barriers. Please continue to support this bill as we do the same.
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Having spent many summers in Canada, I've seen how much more humane and effective their system of health care is in comparison to ours. Citizens should not risk losing their financial security to satisfy the shareholders of private hospitals and insurance companies. This seems to be immoral to me.
We can no longer afford the health insurance middleman commission made up of advertising and steep executive payrolls. Health insurance is holding the U.S. Economy ransom.
Choosing to not provide people with healthcare is a violation of one of our basic human rights. Let us take a stand to do right by our community and make sure that all are ensured.
Healthcare is a human right and should be guaranteed by the state, not handled by for-profit insurance companies.
Wonderful to see UofL Medical students who are members of SNaHP fighting for Improved Medicare4all.
It is not only an American right, it is a human right. We can prevent suffering if we care enough.
Yes!!!!!
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To the Honorable John Yarmuth,
This letter, initiated by Students for a National Health Program at the University of Louisville School of Medicine and Kentuckians for Single Payer Health Care, is in regards to HR 676, the Expanded & Improved Medicare for All Act. As health care professionals, students, and community members in Louisville we wanted to express our support for this bill. See our signatures below. There are countless barriers to accessing affordable and quality healthcare. These barriers leave people in dehumanizing and life-threatening situations. While the Affordable Care Act is a step in the right direction, bringing the number down to 21.3M uninsured, state governments (like Kentucky) work against the ACA’s health coverage mandate making it even difficult for people in the Commonwealth to be insured. Multiple studies from the Journal of Public Health and Institute of Medicine show how lack of insurance increases mortality risk.
We believe that health care is a human right. The only way to endow individuals with this right is through single payer health care. We need a centralized system that ensures everyone has coverage which would allow for improved access and ultimately better health outcomes. We would appreciate an open forum in Louisville or office visit with you or a staff person to discuss this issue further and identify barriers this bill faces.
Thank you for your consideration of our views on single payer health care and your support of HR 676. This issue needs to actively be pursued at a national level despite the political and financial barriers. Please continue to support this bill as we do the same.
9 Comments
Healthcare costs in the U.S. continues to spiral out of control and our outcomes are not improving. We can no longer boast of having the best healthcare in the world. We need single payer; everyone should be able to participate in Medicare.
Having spent many summers in Canada, I've seen how much more humane and effective their system of health care is in comparison to ours. Citizens should not risk losing their financial security to satisfy the shareholders of private hospitals and insurance companies. This seems to be immoral to me.
We can no longer afford the health insurance middleman commission made up of advertising and steep executive payrolls. Health insurance is holding the U.S. Economy ransom.
Choosing to not provide people with healthcare is a violation of one of our basic human rights. Let us take a stand to do right by our community and make sure that all are ensured.
Healthcare is a human right and should be guaranteed by the state, not handled by for-profit insurance companies.
Wonderful to see UofL Medical students who are members of SNaHP fighting for Improved Medicare4all.
It is not only an American right, it is a human right. We can prevent suffering if we care enough.
Yes!!!!!
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Healthcare costs in the U.S. continues to spiral out of control and our outcomes are not improving. We can no longer boast of having the best healthcare in the world. We need single payer; everyone should be able to participate in Medicare.